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The Donner Party consisted of 87 members who left Missouri on 12 May of 1846 bound for California who were trapped by snowfall in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Noteworthy members of the Donner Party included George (aged 62) and Tamsen (aged 42) Donner and their five daughters, Jacob Donner, (the older brother of George) his wife and seven children, James and Margaret Reed, Margaret's mother, Sarah Keyes and their two daughters, Patty and Virginia, a hired girl and a few male employees. There was Patrick and Peggy Breen and their seven children, Mr and Mrs Wolfinger, two fellow travelers called Spitzer and Reinhardt and their driver Dutch Charley Burger and Mr Hardkoop who accompanied them. Patrick Dolan traveled with the Breen family. At Black Forks Donner hired a replacement wagon driver and the McCuthen family and Jean Baptiste Trudeau (aged 16) joined the wagon train. There was a tubuclar man named Luke Halloran who was passed from family to family and grew sicker every day. Lewis Keseberg, his wife and daughter, a wagon train gemeral animal handeler named simply "Antonio", the Eddy family, and the widow Levinah Murphy with her clan of 13 round out the Donner Party. Sarah Keyes passed away before the disaster in what is now known as Donner Pass and a baby son was born to the Keseberg family along the trail.
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How many wagons did the Donner party have?
16 wagons were on the donner party And 87 people that were with the donner party.
Margaret donner in donner party?
There was a girl named Mary Donner in the Donner Party, and a woman named Margaret Reed.
Were the Donner Party LDS pioneers?
No. The Donner Party were not Mormon pioneers.
When was The Donner Party - film - created?
The Donner Party - film - was created in 2009.
What is the duration of The Donner Party documentary?
The duration of The Donner Party - documentary - is 1.5 hours.
Who were the donner party leaders?
George Donner was the leader
The experience that the Donner Party had shows that?
The experience that the Donner Party had shows that the Oregon Trail was hazardous.
Where can one find details of the Donner Party?
You can find details about the Donner Party on the Wikipedia page devoted to it. You can also receive an introductory lesson about the Donner Party provided on the PBS website.
What are the ratings and certificates for The Donner Party - 2009?
The Donner Party - 2009 is rated/received certificates of: USA:R
Why did the Donner party get stuck in snow?
The donner party got stuck in snow because they were caught in a huge snowfall.
Why Were the murderers of Joseph Smith traveling with the Donner Party?
There has never been any definitive proof that any of those who participated in the assassination of Joseph Smith found their way into the doomed Donner Party. The men who participated in the prophet's martyrdom called themselves the Carthage Grays. It may never be known who actually fired the shots that killed Joseph and his brother, Hyrum; the shots were fired both from the stairway immediately outside the room where they were staying, and from the grounds below the window of that room. There have been stories over the years that some members of the Grays made their way west, but no documentation exists that any of the Donner Party were members of that mob.
What is the name of a dinner party?
Donner.
